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Lycoming County Offers Advanced Flood Warning

Lycoming County Offers Advanced Flood Warning - Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 5:19PM EST

Reported by: Jeremy Deebel
Thursday, Jul 24, 2008 @ 05:19pm EST
Lycoming County-

As Hurricane Dolly pounds the southern region of the United States, local emergency management teams are making sure they're ready for the worst.

Lycoming County Public Safety Director Gary Hutchinson noted, "Flooding occurs here at least once or twice a year, and every five to ten years, we have a major flooding event."

That's why he wants the public to be fully aware of Lycoming County's advanced flood warning system. It works by collecting data on rainfall amounts and water levels at various points along area creeks and the Susquehanna River.

The electronic readings gathered here are then transmitted back to Lycoming County's Emergency Management Center, where officials can pinpoint areas of potential danger.

Hutchinson explained, "It provides people, in the majority of times, with three to four hours advance warning of potential flooding events, where they can possibly move some items in the house to higher elevations and especially to be away from the flood itself and out of physical danger."

Hutchinson says the best part of the system is that it's available to everyone in real-time on the Lycoming County website. He added, "In the last flooding event that we had there were over 10,000 hits at our Flood Ready Warning Site on the county website."

The site also shows historical data and flood stages for every local body of water so people can see when water levels are getting dangerous. Emergency management personnel believe that knowledge could help save lives.

Officials say they will always keep the water level markers painted onto area bridges as a backup, in case the computer system ever fails.
 


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